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1886 contractor¹

今天我们要学的词是 contractor. Contractor 合同工。最新报告显示，Hundreds of Internal Revenue Service contractor employees owe a total of $5.4 million in back taxes. 美国国家税务局的几百名合同员工拖欠未交的税款总计540万美元。美国国会就奥巴马医保网站出现的技术故障举行听证会。Contractor companies told the House panel that they did not have enough time to test the web site before its' rollout. 该网站的承包公司告诉国会众议院听证小组成员说，网站正式启动前，他们没有足够的测试时间。好的，今天我们学习的词是 contractor, contractor, contractor.

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n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。